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Cryptojacking Ads Evade Adblockers – Daily Security Byte

March 9, 2018 By Corey Nachreiner

 Ad networks are pulling a page from the hacker’s malware handbook to evade ad blocking software. To make matters worse, the ad network doing this is also forcing your computer to become a cryptocurrency miner—something the industry calls cryptojacking. Watch our Daily Video below to learn more about what this ad network is doing, as well as what tools I recommend to block it.


Episode Runtime: 3:44

Direct YouTube Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FIqcUMnSzdY

EPISODE REFERENCES:

  • Ad networks leveraging DGAs to evade Adblockers – Ars Technica
  • Netlab 360’s post on Ad network cryptojacking – NetLab 360

—Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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